The Cecil Whig., 1887-10-15
! ,tnl department.

restaurant in his building on Main street II
the Hollow.
Thirteen persons united with Wes' Not
tinpham Presby teran Church on Sunday
morning last.
Rev. ]. p. Otis will preach at Wiln'
school house tomorrow afternoon at haIf
past two o'clock.
Miss Evalyn Howard, of Philadelphia
who has been visiting Miss AI'ce ho"'''eh
returned home this week.
The members of the Elkton Sorhe1 h'ho
stood in a BODY before camera during the
fair and the result was good photograph
of our music makers.
Johu p. Merritt, who is employed II
the Phila ielphia office of the Western IL
ion Telegraph Company has been spending
a vacation of two weeks with his parents IN
Elkton.
-Dodd. Mead & Co, the New York pub
fishers have issued new novel by MISS
Martha Finley of this town. 1t IS entitled
"Elsie's Friends at Woodburu, and Is one
of the famous "Elsie Series.
An OK, one of pair, the two VaInea al
5000 belonging to Mr.. William T. BALDWIN
str,vel ont of field on to the track OF tht
r so railroad company near BALDWIN
station during Monday night and was Killed
Extra meetings will begin at the Meth
olist Episcopal Church tomo row, ana VIII
continue during tie coming week. Mrs
Lizzie Il. Smith will conduct the first ser
vice. in the lecture-room at \. NJ, To-
morrow, the 10th.
MIR. Winfield Gracey, living near Lewis
r;1la p, during the fair sold his three
vear-old Gilt Edge colt to Mr.. Edward l.
Brodney, Woodberry, \. j., tor e5oo. lhis
is good price for three-yeAr-oLd colt o"'
the colt is a fine one.
Samuel Lieberman, son OF Marks IAeo
erman, the clothier, who has been III baIt
more attending Bryant y Stratton's busi
ness College, and afterwards achnG
as bookkeeper for Baltimore hFih'
r.turned home this week TO assist his faith er
in his business.
The Democratic club of the Seventh
Election District was to hold meeting III
Abraham's Hall, Port Deposit, last night.
We went to pess before it occurred, and
failed to hear whether it proved as SHINY
attended and apath,tic as the one held here
on Wednesday night.
A new barber shop has been opened IN
in all II * Sltu1tEI
in the room under the Howard House, re-
Gently occupied by the Peerless Cigar Com
pany as a retail store. Mr.. George Lewis
is the proprietor and Mr.. Charles Ernest,
capable barber, is in charge.
Harriet Bond woman of lndar and
negro descent born in the upper part oi
Cecil County has personally known SIX gen
erations of Cecil County family and has
lived with five of the generations. She Is
still an efficient servant, cooks, washes aud
irons better than the most and has never
used glasses.
An interesting entertainment is an
nounced to be given in Odd Fellows Hall
Port Deposit, on Tuesday evening next
under the direction of the Young People,
Temperance Association of that place. Prof
J. p Carey will give an illustrated lecture
and an exhibition of veutriloquisln. Admis,
sion Is and % cents.
Mr. William T. Croasdale, formerly
editor of the Wilmington Ere:Y EceEing,
but now of Henry Georges editorial staff,
was a prisoner at Jefferson Market Police
Court Sunday morning, charged with yio
lating the lottery law by selling a chance
for drawing for a portrait of DR.. McGlynr
at the Anti,Poverty Society fair, being held
at Madison Square Garden. He gave bal
and was released.
Mr. John II. Fox and Miss Mary Eva
Montgomery, both of Port Deposit, Nd.
were IN narried at the residence Of the brides
parents on Tuesday afternoon, October llth
1856. The ceremony was performed by til,
Rev Il. +. Bishop, of Alexandria, Va.
brother-in-law to the groom. They left on
the o'clock train north for tour to Phil
adelphia and other points to visit relatives
and freuds.-CdH.
In answer to an inquiry by Il citizen o
Elkton, II. II. Carter superintendent of III,
p w. tS Il. railroad, has written tina: tn,
time of the train leaving Philadelphia al
10. 40 =. NJ, will not be Ch ,nged to a latel
hour in order to permit persons from Elk
ton, Newark and other places to attend til,
Philadelphia theatres see the .ti,tale and re
turn the same night. El@tonian theatr,
patrons will have to depend this winter al
together on Wilmington for amusements.
-Measrs. c. II. B. Massey, Jr., and Rich
Reese, of the Daphne Lawn Tennis club
of this town, on Thursday afternoon visite,
Port Deposit and played four sets of double
with Messrs. Steele and Row land, of TIL
Port Deposit club. The Elktoniars wer
successful in each set, the score being a
follows: 6-3, 6-l, ID G-4 Messrs
Massey and Rowland played singles with tn
result in favor of the former by Il score q
81. Mr. T. c. Bond, Jr., acted uu
pire.
GA Friday afternoon Of last week Thus
Cleary, shoemaker of North East, wa
badly injured by the cars at the depot a
that place as he was endeavorng to board
freie eht train and come TO EktOn. He ha
three ribs, IL leg aud an arm broken. II
received the attentions of Dr. =. Il. HOUSE
keeper, who did all he could TO relieve hi
sutterings, but without avail as he died i
about two hours. lie is supposed to hay
been under the influence of liquor at tn
time, as a bottle containing intuxicatin
drink was found on his person. He leave
a widow but no children. His remain
were inferred on Saturday afternoon in 81
Mary's ?. f, cemetery.
A number of Elktonians enjoyed Ell
minies' sweet airs at the Wlmiugto
Opera House on Monday night last. Mar
ager Baylis has secured a great attraction
for Monday evening next when John Sleepe
Clark, the eminent comedian of both tl
English and American stage who is no,
in the meridian of his powers will appear 4
the Opera House. lie is an actor in til
Chas, Reade once said that ''to see Clark
merely walk across the stage is more anu
ing than to see any other comic actor pla
whole part through" He has been play
ing in Philadelphia this week and the or
ties all praise him in the highest terms. II
appears in Wilmington III "Round Trip
and "Fair Encounter The Temple theatr
company appears at the Wilmington Oper
House on Friday and Saturday of ueN
week in "The Little Tycoon"